Three corporations are facing questions on Wednesday after making large payments to a consulting firm linked to President Donald Trump's personal attorney
Michael Cohen.
Novartis, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm;
Korea Aerospace Industries, a South Korean defense contractor; and
AT&T, the massive US telecom, all paid Cohen-linked Essential Consulting more than $150,000.
Reasons for the payments varied from insight into the Trump administration to help with US accounting rules.
Michael Avenatti, the lawyer representing the adult-film star Stormy Daniels, revealed the payments on Tuesday in a report that detailed Cohen's finances.
In addition to the payments from the companies, the report alleged
that a $500,000 payment from Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg to a separate LLC shortly after the 2016 election helped pay alleged hush money to Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford.
We've run down the full list of companies that paid Cohen, how much they paid, and what they said they paid for below.